The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-03
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q race she shyly looked at the flying racers; but
sne nardly moved from her chair and never
the next two races as they had been on the Hrst-s
The horses were started opposite the grandu
stand' ana when the starter dropped his flag audf
Mr. D. Is. Eagginis sFirenzia went off more than
length ahead of the rest, the party in the box
joined vigorously in the Kissing and groaning4
that went up IN criticism OF the manifest bad1
judgment OF the official They looked bitterly
sour, for they had not backed Firenzi, aud
when that horse crossed the line winner, they
shut their teeth together aud declared that they
hadn't been given chance for their money
Then they consulted their programmes. and thsf
young man went off to find how the odds were
on the third race. There were eight starters
and at least four favorites. When the young
man returned all the racers on the tracls
taking their preliminary exercise. He reported
that he could get bet of fifteen to one against
Belinda, one of August Belmont's horses. The
betting was nearly even on the favorites. The
party looked at the track II think 10 had bet~
ter be Belinda" said the white girl, seriously.
She's good one" acquiesced the coloreG
girl
And the young man evidently had tip on
Belinda, for he also favored placing the money
OF her. Such was the result. When the start
was made Belinda went off good third and
~ rnere was much excitement in the party at the
every five they had wagered. But lack a-dayN
before an eighth of a mile had been Belinda
had dropped to within halling distance OF thef
rear. Then the excitement was turned to dis-l
appointment. and the young white girl ex-.
claimed: There's my Belinda, and she can't
horse talk meant that Belinda was doing well.j
but that the horses in front of her were in the
way. and so prevented her from getting thef
lead. They lost. but consolation was ready ind
the fact that Belinda had done wall, and had it4
not been that she did not have time to gets
around the competitors she might have won-4
Then something occurred to the white grEi
Hastily she leaned over the rail of the box and
looked down at her feet. A shade OF annoy-3
ance crossed her face, and she settled back and
smoothed out her skirts and shook them down.
after which fhe leaned carefully over again to-
see what the effect of her action had been. Not
all the girls in the grand stand were SO thought
full
went into theater when det, 1a
enormous ballet now performing In 9es
spectacle on Staten Island were pra, -. una
OF the younger Kiralfys led them. They werel
training for grasshoppers. 1 believe. The agile
Kiralfy would mathematics them in German,i
French, Polish and Italian, and so his opinionf
was not lost on one of them. Then he would COS
to the second entrance, and come down the stage
with as many legs in the air as if he had been a.
centpede. windmill in a blizzard couldn't
have more aerial action Up would rush thef
whole gang and try to reproduce that flying en<
trance Then the eagle-eyed Kiralfy would
select a particularly stiff and tall girl and fat
girl who bounced, and put the pair through their
PAGES. Then all together and the shouting
and tramping. the tittering and whispering, I'M
more languages than the hod-carriers of BabeE
used. A carpenter with voice like resonant
steam eagle. conversed with painter in the
flies. violinist scraped. at a signal from Ki-l
rally. In one wing two fought a combat,i
under the supervision of third who Knocked a.
1ager-beer mug on the bottom OF his chair: ssTwo<
down-thrust-up one,' and the perspirpg COM
batanrs clashed. A woman looked on and never
ceased her work. With one hand she held toa
the fiat. she squatted suddenly, until shes
was bow-legged dwarf three feet high, ands
then sprang back TO her full height and flung hers
right leg into the air, until her pointed toe was4
even with her She squattsd, rose, and3
kicked her left leg in like manner: and this shed
did continuously for an hour, while a dozenf
more girls in short calico skirts did the same
thing. But the elderly woman in the wings wag
the premiere danseuse. limbering up for her
pas. Her grand pas" they cali it ne billx
though her grandpa perished In - astle OF
Bunker Hill.
The builders of apartment-houses .H5 se N1y
aware of the number of dudes With l,- o
who inhabit this island. There are ae.A ts3
of shammiy built houses with pretty uaHa s.,
such as the Oleander, the Gladiola aud t-le Es-
meralda. These places reared for transitory,
birds of passage, like the comic opera choristerg
or the ballet coryphees. for dude is really not
a full-hedged dude unless he has latch key in
his pocket that admits the lessee to a fat oc~
cupied by some stage fairy. She usually has
stunning feet big hands, bleached hair, and an
utter inability to capture the letter III on its
ground, along with an overpowering partiality
for it's presence in improper places. Little
Tommy Littlawit, ir., took first floor of the
for the cheap marble, put in stained windows
and an old English re-place, and decorated the
ceilings with winged cherubs and eilded stars.
In this blissful retreat little Tommy passed,
weeks of delightful retirement with Natliel
Race, coryphee; but, fast our Tommy was,
he found tho Race was not always to the swift,
and at the end of few months Tommy de-.
serted, and he took his troubled heart to New
port, to look after his Yachting interest. But
before he went he put his gorgeous fiat in thei
hands of an agent, and for certain reasons (hav-S
ing used his middle name with his landlord) hes
called himself Thomas Weakand.
II will find you tenant in time. MIR.
Weakand." said the agent II have host OF ap-
pIcations for such premises"
when he accidentally met the real estate man.
'Pve such good tenant for you. Mr. Weak
and" said he; "an elderly gentleman and his
niece have taken the flat for the summer. Z
have his check for q quarters rent in my pocket
now."
The agent pulled out the document, and the
heart of Mr.. Thomas Littlewt, jr., bounded in
bis bosom to the edge of his collar as he saw the,
revered name of Thomas Littlewit ST., at the
bottom. His own dad, his revered governor,
was in the sons premises with niece. TherN
was a caucus in Madison avenue that night. The
father upbraided the son for idiotic extrava-
gance. Tommy roughtcounter-charges, darkly
limited about his ma, and the tide very
high. However, the father having been very
manage him. There was a check-book brought
in to act mediator. Confidence restored
But Tommy was heard in his club, yesterday,
to howl out as he read an advertisement: "All
the splendid furniture Of the elegantly decors-
ted fat in the Orieanna, lately occupied by
Mademoisele Fauxpas, will be SOLD at a sacrifice
in consequence OF the departure of the distiA-
guished danseuse for Paris The old man is
ahead of his son; but just wait.
CLARA BELLE.